# 剔

| 剔 | U+5254, &#21076; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5254 |
| ← 剓 [U+5253] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 剕 → [U+5255] |

## Translingual
### Han character

剔 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 日竹中弓 (AHLN), four-corner 6220$_0$, composition ⿰易刂)

#### Derived characters

* 𢱦, 𨲞, 𩮜

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 140, character 35
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2031
* Dae Jaweon: page 320, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 344, character 6
* Unihan data for U+5254

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 剔
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 賜 | *sleːɡs |
| 儩 | *sleɡs |
| 舓 | *ɦljeʔ |
| 易 | *leːɡs, *leɡ |
| 敡 | *leɡs |
| 鬄 | *sljeɡ |
| 睗 | *hljeɡ |
| 晹 | *hljeɡ |
| 痬 | *leɡ |
| 蜴 | *leɡ |
| 埸 | *leɡ |
| 逷 | *l̥ʰeːɡ |
| 剔 | *l̥ʰeːɡ |
| 踢 | *tʰeːɡ |
| 惕 | *l̥ʰeːɡ |
| 錫 | *sleːɡ |
| 裼 | *sleːɡ |
| 緆 | *sleːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰeːɡ) : phonetic 易 (OC *leːɡs, *leɡ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): tī, tì (ti$^1$, ti$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧ, ㄊㄧˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ti$^2$ / ti$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): tik$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): tet$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): tit$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thit
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tid$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): tieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): tĭ
* Eastern Min (BUC): ték
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): thak / thek / thiak
    (Teochew, Peng'im): tag$^4$ / têg$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$thiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ti$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tī
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ti
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^1$
*** Yale: tī
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ti
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tì
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^4$
*** Yale: tì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ti$^2$ / ti$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ti / ti
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi²¹/, /tʰi⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tik$^1$
*** Yale: tīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪk̚⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: tet$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰet̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: tit$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰit̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thit
*** Hakka Romanization System: tid$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰit̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tid$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰit̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: tieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰiəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ték
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɛiʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thak
*** Tâi-lô: thak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰak̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰak̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek
*** Tâi-lô: thik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: teg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiak
*** Tâi-lô: thiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiak̚⁵/
* thak - vernacular (“to pick with a pointed instrument”);
* thek/thiak - literary.
* Middle Chinese: thek
Rime :
| Character | 剔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) |
| Final (韻) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 他歷切 |
| Baxter | thek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰek̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰiek̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tʰiek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ti |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤek/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰeːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 剔 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tī |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thek › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁek/ |
| English | cut (v.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 剔 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15039 |
| Phonetic component | 易 |
| Rime group | 錫 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逖 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰeːɡ/ |

#### Definitions

剔
* to pick meat from bones
* to pick (with a pointed instrument); to scrape
* to pick out; to weed out
* (dialectal) to pick; to choose

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 選, 擇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 挑選, 選擇, 揀選, 挑揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 挑, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 挑, 選 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 挑, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 挑, 選擇, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 揀選 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 挑, 選 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 挑, 選 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 挑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 挑 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 選 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 挑, 揀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 挑, 揀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 挑, 揀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 挑, 揀, 選 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 挑 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 挑, 揀 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 挑, 揀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 挑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 挑, 挑選, 揀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 挑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 挑 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 挑, 揀 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 剔, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 揀, 挑, 選 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 挑, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 挑, 剔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 揀, 挑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 挑揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 挑, 選, 選擇, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 挑, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 擇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 挑, 選 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 挑, 揀, 挑揀, 選擇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 挑, 挑選, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 選擇, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 揀, 挑 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 挑, 選擇, 選, 揀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 挑, 揀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 揀 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 挑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 挑, 揀, 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 挑, 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 挑選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 挑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 挑, 挑選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 選, 找 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 挑, 刁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 擇, 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 揀, 選, 挑選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 挑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 挑, 挑選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 刁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 挑選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 挑選, 揀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 挑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 挑, 選, 選擇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 選 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 挑, 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 揀, 挑, 選 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 挑, 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 揀, 挑, 選 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 揀, 選, 挑 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 擇, 選, 挑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 揀, 挑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 揀 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 揀 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 揀 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 揀, 擇 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 揀 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 挑, 擇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 擇 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 揀 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 擇 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 擇 |
| Hakka | Changting | 擇 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 擇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 擇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 擇 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 擇 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 擇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 揀, 擇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 擇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 擇 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 擇 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 選 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 揀 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 揀 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 揀 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 揀, 擇 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 擇, 揀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 挑 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 挑, 選擇, 選, 揀 |
| Jin | Datong | 挑 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 挑, 選 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 挑, 揀 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 揀, 挑揀 |
| Jin | Linhe | 揀, 挑, 挑選 |
| Jin | Jining | 挑, 選擇 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 挑, 揀 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 挑 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 挑, 揀 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 挑, 揀 |
| Jin | Handan | 挑, 挑揀 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 挑, 揀 |
| Jin | Suide | 挑, 選, 揀 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 剔, 擇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 揀, 挑, 選 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 揀, 選 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 揀 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 揀, 選 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 揀, 選, 揀擇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 選, 揀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 揀, 選 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 擇, 揀 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 揀 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 選 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 揀, 選 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 選 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 揀, 挑 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 揀, 選 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 揀 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 揀, 選 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 揀, 類 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 揀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 揀 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 揀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 揀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 揀 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 揀 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 選 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 揀, 選 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 挑, 揀 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 揀, 挑 |
| Wu | Danyang | 挑, 揀, 選 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 挑 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 挑, 選, 擇揀 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 揀 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 揀, 挑, 剔 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 擇 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 選, 挑, 揀 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 擇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 擇, 揀, 挑 |

#### Compounds

* 刳剔
* 剔團圓 / 剔团圆
* 剔團圞 / 剔团𪢮
* 剔子
* 剔帚
* 剔手邊 / 剔手边
* 剔抉
* 剔抽禿刷 / 剔抽秃刷
* 剔抽禿揣 / 剔抽秃揣
* 剔撥 / 剔拨
* 剔牙 (tīyá)
* 剔犀
* 剔留禿魯 / 剔留秃鲁
* 剝皮剔骨 / 剥皮剔骨
* 剔紅 / 剔红
* 剔莊貨 / 剔庄货
* 剔蠍撩蜂 / 剔蝎撩蜂
* 剔豎 / 剔竖
* 剔透 (tītòu)
* 剔透玲瓏 / 剔透玲珑
* 剔除 (tīchú)
* 剔騰 / 剔腾
* 剔骨 (tīgǔ)
* 剔齒纖 / 剔齿纤
* 抉剔
* 挑剔
* 搜剔
* 搜根剔齒 / 搜根剔齿
* 晶瑩剔透 / 晶莹剔透
* 柳眉剔豎 / 柳眉剔竖
* 爬梳剔抉
* 爬羅剔抉 / 爬罗剔抉
* 玲瓏剔透 / 玲珑剔透
* 興利剔弊 / 兴利剔弊

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tì (ti$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tì
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^4$
*** Yale: tì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tai$^3$
*** Yale: tai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐi̯³³/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥ˤek-s/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 剔 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ thej$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ˁek-s/ |
| English | shave |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||

#### Definitions

剔
* Alternative form of 剃 (tì, “to shave”)

#### References

* “剔”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English tick (Cheung, 2007, page 219).

#### "to take (attendance)"

    Eggcorn of take via homophony between tick and take.

#### Alternative forms

* tick

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): tik$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tik$^1$
*** Yale: tīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

剔 (Cantonese)
* tick; checkmark
* to tick; to put a checkmark
* to take (attendance)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ちゃく (chaku)
* Kan-on: てき (teki)
* Kun: えぐる (eguru, 剔る)、そる (soru, 剔る)

### Noun

剔(てき) • (teki)
* cutting

#### Derived terms

* 剔(てき)出(しゅつ) (tekishutsu)
* 剔(てき)除(じょ) (tekijo)
* 剔(てっ)抉(けつ) (tekketsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

剔 (eum 척 (cheok))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

剔: Hán Nôm readings: dịch, tích
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